A refinement of the crystal structure of KSCN
A refinement of the crystal structure of KSCN
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DOI:
10.1107/s0567740868003808
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发表时间:
1968-08
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C. Akers;S. W. Peterson;R. Willett
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作者:
C. Akers;S. W. Peterson;R. Willett
Two previous investigations of the crystal structure of potassium thiocyanate have been made (Klug, 1933; Bfissem, Gtinther & Tubin, 1934). Both studies made use of zonal data and differed substantially in only the position of the carbon atom in the thiocyanate ion. Because of the inherent errors in results from projection data and the growing need for more accurate interatomic distances for theoretical purposes, it was decided to reinvestigate this structure. Crystals of analytical grade were recrystallized from an alcohol-water solution. Two separate crystals, whose dimensions varied from 0.07 to 0-10 mm, were used to collect the data because the first began to decompose before the investigation was complete. Systematic extinctions (Okl for k = 2 n + l and hOl for l = 2 n + 1) agree with the previous space group assignments of Pbcm. Lattice constants, determined from precession photographs, are a = 6.673 + 0.003, b = 6.715 + 0-003, c= 7.543 + 0.005 A. Intensity data were collected on a Picker diffractometer equipped with a General Electric single-crystal orienter using Mo Ka radiation. Angle settings were calculated with an existing Fortran II program (Shoemaker, 1962). The Lorentz-polarization corrections were made but absorption effects were neglected. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis (Sly, Shoemaker & Van den Hende, 1962), based on signs calculated from the positions of one of the previous investigations (Klug, 1933), gave the correct position for the carbon atom and improved the other positions. Anisotropic least-square refinement was carried out with the Busing, Martin & Levy (1962) program, and final values of RI =0.080 and R3=0.067 were obtained. Scattering factors were obtained from International Tables for X-ray Crystallography (1962). Final parameters are listed in Table 1, with observed and calculated structure factors given in Table 2. The weighting scheme used is as follows: